Two small cups with calligraphic decoration, eastern Samanid Iran, 10th centuryClay ceramic decorated with black slip on white slip under a transparent glaze, with a frieze of inscriptions in Arabic in flowered kufic calligraphy, framed on one by two small stylized birds, on the other by two tri-lobed fleurons. Diameter: 10.6 and 13.6 cmRestoration . Two Samanid calligraphic small bowls, Eastern Iran, 10th centuryProvenance : Marie-Christine David Collection .